Director Shareholding

Restaurant Group PLC
19 October 2004



                    The Restaurant Group plc ('the Company')


The Restaurant Group plc announces that on 4 October 2004, the undermentioned
directors were granted options to subscribe for ordinary shares in the Company
under the 2003 Share Option Scheme:


Director           Options to subscribe for ordinary shares    Exercise Price
----------               ------------------------------        ----------------
Alan Jackson                         200,000                        97.7p
Andrew Page                          200,000                        97.7p
Trish Corzine                        100,000                        97.7p
Kevin Bacon                          100,000                        97.7p
Stephen Critoph                      250,000                        97.7p



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